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- From: domnatr@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kane)
- Subject: Robitussin
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:16:16 GMT
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- I have a lot of friends who take this (in 4 to 6 oz doses)
- And I have compiled this data from them --
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- 1> The 'trip' combines some of the mellow feelings from MJ
- and a lot of the physical disorientation of alcohol
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- 2> It typically lasts about 8 or 9 hrs (not surprising
- considering the time a normal dose keeps you well)
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- 3> Physical motion (of any sort) is really drawn out and
- enjoyable [all the users I've talked to agree on this]
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- 4> There is only a slight physical weariness associated
- the next day, a little less severe than that occurring
- after a trip.
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- I haven't tried this myself as I'm pretty sure it would
- taste awful... however I've seen it enough now to attest
- to its effectiveness. Everybody here calls it 'robin'
- as in, "It's only Robin', man", and, if it's any good,
- I would dare say it's a pretty economical alternative...
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- The Robitussin has to be the DM variety however...
- (dimethyl...bromine is the active ingredient... just look
- on the back of the bottle)
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- From what I hear, the DMB (I'll settle for calling it that
- for now) acts as a substrate, collecting on the surface of
- the brain (much like alcohol does, now that I think about
- it) and subtly altering the pathways of synaptic transmissions
- going across the affected area(s), which often include
- optical and audial perceptory centers and motion-control
- functions.
-
- As an aside, I've also heard that lysergic acid diethylamine
- works in much the same way, but is caustic (read: poisonous
- and/or corrosive) to the cells involved, and that after a
- good many uses (I dunno, maybe 50 or 100) you will begin to
- lose the pertinent brain functions at an exponential rate as
- the number of afflicted cells (unable to receive transmissions)
- grows steadily, thus altering more transmissions. But that is
- by no means officially documentable information... just
- something to think about.
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- But this Robitussin DM thing bears some discussion.
- And for $3 a trip, how can you lose?
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- Comments welcome via email or post --
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- Kane
- domnatr@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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